Avoda Zora 11a § 1
2 Nations in the Womb
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When the matriarch Rebecca was pregnant with Jacob and Esau,
God spoke to her saying,
Two nations [goyim] are in your womb
Do not read it as goyim, meaning nations;
rather read it as geyim, meaning proud ones.
This verse was fulfilled in 2 prominent individuals
who descended from Rebecca, Antoninus and Rebbi.
God spoke to her saying,
Two nations [goyim] are in your womb
Do not read it as goyim, meaning nations;
rather read it as geyim, meaning proud ones.
This verse was fulfilled in 2 prominent individuals
who descended from Rebecca, Antoninus and Rebbi.